India, April 22 -- A 29-year-old woman and her 26-year-old accomplice have been arrested for allegedly stealing valuables worth over Rs.23 lakh from her boyfriend's house in Alibaug. The duo was apprehended within 12 hours of the theft, and the entire stolen property has been recovered, the police said.

The police have identified the accused as Rani Vinayak Chavan and Pawan Kumar Jaiswal. They were intercepted in Turbhe while allegedly attempting to flee to Uttar Pradesh.

According to the police, the complainant, who resides in a rented room in Navin Dehen village near Alibaug was asleep between 1.30 am and 6 am on April 13, when the theft took lace. Chavan, who was in a live-in relationship with the complainant, allegedly stole 182 gra...